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Irish Newspaper Archives LaunchThe Irish News. 1891 - current
Belfast Central library and British Library
List of Titles coming soon
Irish Newspaper Archives Launch - 15th February 2006
Irish Newspaper Archive aims to be the largest and most advanced research tool for institutions and individuals involved in research into Ireland's socio-political, historical, and cultural heritage. Through our parent company National Micromedia Ltd we have secured agreements with many of Ireland's most prominent regional and daily newspaper.
Our goal is to become a one stop-shop for Irish research. With a range of 260 years of Irish History and over 25 papers signed to the resource North and South of Ireland we are getting closer every day to this goal.
New addition to the Irish Newspaper Archives - The Irish News. 1891 – current.
The Irish News in was founded in 1891 as a direct result of the involvement of Charles Stewart Parnell - one of the great figures in Irish nationalism - in a celebrated divorce scandal. But the origins of the title lie 36 years earlier. In 1855 the Read brothers launched the Belfast Morning News as Ireland's first penny news sheet. The Morning News first appeared on 2nd July 1855 in a highly competitive market. In 1890 Charles Stewart Parnell's affair with Kitty O'Shea became public knowledge.
Parnell led the Irish nationalist campaigners, but the ensuing divorce scandal split the nationalist camp into pro- and anti-Parnell factions.
The Belfast Morning News remained loyal to Parnell and the Irish News was launched on an anti-Parnell platform on 15th August 1891.
The anti-Parnell view prevailed and within a year the Irish News had taken over its failing rival.
Today the Irish News is the only independently owned daily newspaper in the north of Ireland.
Bringing events more up-to-date, the paper saw a dramatic growth in its circulation, with the beginning of “The Troubles” in 1968, peaking around the time of internment in 1971.
Most newspapers were slow to recognise that this would be only a short–term situation, and coupled with major changes in how radio and television news was presented, the decline began almost as rapidly as it had begun.
In June of 1982, the paper came under total control of the company's present owners, and the fortunes of the paper began to change dramatically.
This improvement was not only recognised by the reading and buying public, but also by the business community, and within a very short space of time, not only sales and readership increased, but also advertising revenue.
The Irish News now takes its' place among the finest newspapers in these islands.
Belfast Central library and British Library
Irish Newspaper Archives would like to take this opportunity to thank the efforts made by Mrs Linda Greenwood form the Belfast Central library and Ed King from the British library for the contribution in securing the archive of the Irish News for publishing to the Irish Newspaper Archives website.
List of Titles coming soon
List of titles to come: Titles:| National Titles Digital Archive | |
| The Irish Independent. | 1904 - Current |
| The Sunday Independent. | 1905 - Current |
| The Irish Farmers Journal | 1950 - Current |
| The Irish News | 1891 - Current |
| The Evening Herald. | 1891 - Current |
| Regional Titles | |
| The Meath Chronicle. | 1897 - Current |
| The Anglo-Celt. | 1908 - Current |
| The Tuam Herald | 1980 - Current |
| The Connaught Telegraph | 1977 - Current |
| The Connacht Tribune | 1909 - Current |
| The Galway City Tribune | 1975 - Current |
| The Connacht Sentinel | 1925 - Current |
| The Sligo Champion | 1879 - Current |
| The Munster Express | 1860 - Current |
| The Ulster Herald | 1901 - Current |
| The Southern Star. | 1889 - Current |
| The Drogheda Independent | 1884 - Current |
| The Fingal Independent | 1974 - Current |
| Out of Print titles | |
| The Freeman's Journal | 1763 - 1924 |
| The Nation | 1842 - 1897 |
| Finn's Leinster Journal | 1767 - 1828 |
| In Process of Digitisation | |
| The Strabane Chronicle | 1896 - Current |
| The Fermanagh Herald | 1901 - Current |
| The Donegal News & Derry People | 1901 - Current |
| The Kerryman/The Corkman | 1904 - Current |
| In Negotiations | |
| The Nationalist & Leinster Times | |
| The Northern Standard | |
| The West Meath Examiner | |
| The West Meath Independent | |
| The Offaly Independent | |
| The Irish Press | |
| Suppliers Details | |
| Irish Newspaper Archives Ltd, Unit 2 St, K.E.C, Furze Rd, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18, Ireland |